I also own a more professional version of a Lee Pro Shade for my Fuji GX680. It's solid as a rock. It accepts 4" "hard" filters; not the thin ones from Kodak. The way it's designed, you just buy retaining rings for each of your lenses, and then the ProShade has this simple yet firm-gripping little metal spring-loaded post that holds it to each retaining ring. It goes off and on each lens in literally three seconds. The shade itself is bellows-style, like a view camera; in and out. The only drag is that on some lenses, the outer ring diameter of the retaining ring is larger than the lens itself, so the old lens caps don't fit any longer. My solution to that was to order a bunch of 95mm Hasselblad caps that go on the 40mm, and then put layers of duct tape inside the Hasselblad lens cap to get them to fit each lens. But the Lee thing rocks. It might be overkill for some cameras, but for medium format and larger, it can't be beat. Much more macho than the Hasselblad proshade. I use #25 reds, not the 87. It's about three stops. I bought the Lee System at Samy's in LA; http://www.samys.com/. -Mark Tucker
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[Digital BW] Re: Filters, was, Shooting Digitally
2002-01-20 by marktuckerdotcom
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